Several readers have wondered lately where I’m at with Project HMX, and I can’t say I’ve made much progress lately. In fact, since dropping the front end a couple inches back in December, pretty much all I’ve done is take it off the battery charger, change fluids and start it up for the season. I did make an effort to clear my schedule recently to take it out for a spin and grab a few photos of its new stance, much better compared to what it looked like almost a year ago.

It ran strong, as expected, but that’s not to say it ran perfectly. It stumbled on partial throttle, the brakes felt soft and locked up on me in hard stops, and the computer threw some puzzling codes halfway through the trip. Hopefully, I can get at least the first two issues resolved before the AMO National this July in Boston.

I don’t agree that AMC’s marketing was “atrocious.”
In the heyday of our society’s bigger is better mentality that had put the mediocre GM on top of car sales, it took persistent and clever marketing to keep tiny AMC alive.

I was floored when AMC pulled off this “facelift” of the Gremlin back when they were new, and I’m still enamored with them today. The shape is just so perfect, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t the original design. I need to do a chop of one of these soon.

What I don’t see in the photos is a radio antenna, Dan. Was that planned? My T-bird, a ’64 convertible, has one but I prefer to listen to the mechanical music emanating from within. I do, however, turn on the radio once a year or so to see if it’s working. Good to see Project HMX awakening.

They’re AMC Turbo-Cast IIs. I’ve never heard of Appliance making them for AMC. The center caps are indeed hard to find because they were just press-in caps. I have a set that I never put on for fear of losing them during my more spirited drives.

last summer I was driving home from s.w. iowa and listening to the radio.the song was a bit heavy and I was ”banging” my head.a younger couple drove by me and got a laugh when they saw the old bald headed,gray beard banging his head.I think you can still here thing’s,just watch the volume.

Sorry if I’m duplicating information here, but have you ever seen the video, from the early ’79 when Team HighBall took a couple of these to the ‘Ring in Germany?
My first job after college was with Amos and Bunny Johnson. He tells a story of the big transporters knocking down a German ladies fence cuz the roads were so small. He said the only word her recognized was kaput! Have fun with the build.http://www.planethoustonamx.com/stuff/amx_team_highball_nurburgring.htm
Rusty